Objective TO CARRY OUT COORDINATED STUDIES AND TESTS ON REPRESENTATIVE STRATEA-BOUND ORE DEPOSITS IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (ESPECIALLY IN CARBONATES) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EXPLORATION METHODS. THIS IS PART OF A COORDINATED PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT JOINTLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG (CONTRACT 010) AND BRGM, ORLEANS (CONTRACT 041). IT IS INTENDED TO CARRY OUT SERIES OF TESTS ON VARIOUS DEPOSITS, FOLLOWING A COMMON ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE ("PROTOCOLE ANALYTIQUE COMMUN"). THE ULTIMATE AIM IS: 1) TO SUGGEST THE ANALYSES AND ANALYTICAL METHODS WHICH APPEAR BEST SUITED FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF DEPOSITS; 2) TO BETTER DEFINE EXPLORATION CRITERIA FOR THE MAIN MODELS ORE CONCENTRATION CARBONATES. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO DIAGENETIC EVOLUTIONS, USING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF ANALYTICAL METHODS (MICROPROBE STUDIES, ISOTOPES....). IN THE CASE OF BELGIUM, THE TARGETS OF THE PROJECT ARE: - THE CHAUDFONTAINE DEPOSIT AND ITS PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE HERVE BASIN - MIDDLE AND UPPER DEVONIAN OF THE NAMUR BASIN. SELECTED REFERENCE SAMPLES OF EACH DEPOSIT AND OF EACH SAMPLED SECTION WILL BE STUDIED BY PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES (RECONSTRUCTION OF PARAGENENIC SEQUENCES AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY; MAJOR, TRACE ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF CARBONATES; DOLOMITE NONSTOICHIOMETRY...). Programme(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE DE BELGIQUE EU contribution No data Address RUE JENNER 13 1040 BRUSSELS Belgium See on map Total cost No data